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About Switch Off Day

Is It Switch Off Day Today?

It's Switch Off day on the 22nd of May.

Switch Off Day' is by our calculation on: May the 22nd.
The first time we detected Switch Off Day was the 19th of May 2015 and the most recent detection of references to Switch Off Day was 3 years, 6 months ago.

There were many celebrations relating to national holdiays written about on social media that our algorithms picked up, on the 22nd of May. In total we detected 92 total unique days being shared such as Maritime Day which had 420 people talking about it, or Jersey Day having 417 tweets. A random sample of which are shown below.

National days on the 22nd of May

How Is The Date For Switch Off Day Calculated?

The day shown for 'National Switch Off Day' is based off how much chitter-chatter and buzz there was on May 22, 2015 across social media making references to 'Switch Off Day'. Our algorithms examine all of the references to National Days across social media and updates whatnationaldayisit.com hourly, with our homepage displaying the current national day, including others such as: Vanilla Pudding, Chardonnay or Doughnut Day. This crowdsourcing of data method to assess the National Switch Off Day date is used as opposed to being connected with any Government sacntioned lists :D Hurrah for democracy by concensus!

I'd Like To Promote National Switch Off Day

We've put together the following resources full of nifty tips on how to increase the reach of Switch Off Day.
The resources include: graphs, badges, and resources on what steps to take to boost Switch Off Day's visibility.

Can I Register Switch Off Day?

We don't have an international authority or governmental remit to declare any officially celebrated "national Switch Off day". We only aim to programatically reflect what 'National Day' it is based of what The Internet Says It Is. We believe this is much more fun as it reflects the nature of how the most amusing / interesting national days are often created organically and grow based off popular social trends and sharing, as such we don't add new days to our database unless they are organically observed on social media.

Is it National Switch Off Day Everywhere?

Yes? No.. Sort of | Maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

What's really intersting is how whilst some National Days like National Daughters Day are seemingly celebrated internationally irrespective of geography, some very popular days (That often become the No. 1 National Day on our homepage) are in fact locally very specific and are offical holidays celebrated on a Country's national calendar. Take National Rambutan Day for instance, Rambutan is a popular Souteast Asian fruit and not seen so much in the UK, Europe or the USA. Some regionally specific trends subsequently become immensely popular internationally and worldwide, partly fuelled by widely shared 'National Days', National Pabebe Wave Day being one such example.

Hang On, It Was National Switch Off Day Already This Year..!?

Yes, this is strangely enough entirely possible. The date shown for National Switch Off Day can change, if for instance several hundred people tweeted about Switch Off Day in early April, then in May a few thousand people tweeted about Switch Off day, then the date shown for National Switch Off Day, could come up twice :D

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For people who wish to promote National Switch Off Day, we've put together the following resources.
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